Trip reports

The people are the most self-congratulatory, self-obsessed lot I’ve ever encountered in a city populous outside of San Fran, not to mention socially-inept and awkward. Talking with your average Seattle is like talking to a sixteen year old kid with Aspergers who spends 2/3rds of their time on the...

India is hell on Earth. India is the not the "biggest" democracy in the world, as all Indians boast, but the biggest HYPOCRISY in the world. It’s all “peaceful” and great until you get hepatitis b/e from drinking or eating over there. Then you’re out sick for months with liver damage. NONE of their...

The history of women on the territory of present-day Poland is varied, and has been stronly influenced by Roman Catholicism in Poland. Feminism in Poland has a long history, and has traditionally been divided into seven periods, beginning with the 19th century first-wave feminism. The first four...

The social catastrophe that is Toronto changes the dating dynamics. Meeting someone becomes harder because individuals are dependent on their immediate social circle to meet new people. The fear of strangers and the reluctance to get to know someone new, along with the vast diverse population of...

Canada (excluding Montreal) is not my kind of place. It is basically a copy and paste version of America except with much colder weather and people. Canadians seem very reserved, very dull, kind of cold and inward focused as opposed to Americans. Canada doesn't have a core culture. The original...

Many say the Spanish are lazy, but that’s not it. There’s something else, intangible, that’s developed in the culture and history. The children of Spain aren’t raised to follow their dreams. School has become, for the most part, just a place for passing exams, never for debate, discussion or...

The Dutch are very shallow and boring people. However, the International dutchies seem more travelled and interesting. Dutch people are just happy when something works and they don't bother looking for a better way of doing things. Because of this they are slow to adopt new technologies. For...

It's only argument against blandness is the red light district and the "coffee shops" that legally sell marijuana, but I see those more as tourist gimmicks than truly Dutch elements. My observations of Dutch people: Tall and attractive; very wooden, stoic, and somewhat unfriendly and rude; very...

NYC is for people who like a lot of stimulation and the opportunity, not the guarantee, of being very successful at whatever they end up doing. NYC is littered with people who have money but don't care about meaningful relationships. There's a HUGE rich/poor divide, and that's means people in...